Rama IX Park
The Largest Public Park In Bangkok
Rama IX Park is the largest green
space in Bangkok, with a beautiful
botanical garden large lake and gardens
inspired by countries around the world.
Built in 1987 to celebrate King
Bhumibolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 60th Birthday.

A visit to this large
park on the
outskirts of
Bangkok is a great
break from the city
and, despite all the
interesting things
to see, remains
surprisingly free of
tourists and offers
a genuine
experience of how
locals spend their
afternoons off.

The park is open from 05:00
until 18:00 every day, and
admission costs 10 baht.
Early mornings most people
are here to exercise, and in
the afternoons families and
young couples come to laze
around on one of the hired
mats. The best time to come
is in December, when the
park hosts a lavish annual
flower festival, but even out
of season there is plenty to
keep you entertained.

Some countries, including England and
Japan, are represented in gardens. The
wooden pavilion that forms part of the
Chinese garden is hidden in a walled
garden, with a lily pond and miniature
bridges behind it. The American garden
is housed in a large futuristic dome and
is reminiscent of the Nevada desert,
sandy with plenty of cacti. The Italian
Garden is represented by ornate
fountains and perfectly manicured
hedges, whilst the French garden is
home to an impressive colonnade and a
statue reminiscent of Rodinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great
works. If you want to learn more about
Thai plants, the large botanic garden
has a large variety of beautiful flowers
and trees, with orchids and indoor
plants found in colonial inspired
greenhouses. Be sure to check out
Thakon Phrakia Pavillion in the middle
of a lotus pond, it is a picture-perfect
representation of classic Thai design.

SHOPPING MALLs
Seacon Square
Seacon Square
Shopping Center on
Srinakarin Road is
one of the largest
shopping centres in
Thailand.
Lengthwise, it
stretches more than
half a kilometre. The
shopping centre
covers a total area of
half a million square
metres, and houses
more than 400
stores.

Paradise Park (mall)
Paradise park or formerly known as
Seri Center is a shopping mall
located in Prawet District, Bangkok,
Thailand. The retail giants siam
prawit and MBK made a new jointventure for new opportunities in
the suburbs of Bangkok their
Paradise Park Srinakarin
transformed Seri Center at a total
cost of Bt3.2 billion. The mall
opened officially on August 24,
2010 . It has been a rival to a
nearby mall, seacon Square. Of the
visitors to Paradise Park, about 70
per cent are people who live within
a 3-kilometre radius, while the rest
come from other areas of Bangkok
as well as upcountry. The two
companies bought the shares of
Seri Centre Management for more
than Bt975 million and
transformed it into a new megamall that is expected to attract
about 100,000 visitors a day